Blocking NMDA receptors in the hippocampal dentate gyrus with AP5 produces analgesia in the formalin pain test

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 92-99

  McKenna, John E ^a   Melzack, Ronald ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dentate gyrus; Formalin test; Hippocampus; Neural plasticity; NMDA; Pain

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

EID: 0035208117     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2001.7777     Document Type: Article

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